Former West Indies great Brian Lara said Virat Kohli should not retire from Test cricket. Earlier on Saturday, some media reports emerged that the 36-year-old Kohli had approached the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regarding his decision to quit playing the game’s longest format.
However, a senior board official spoke to Kohli and asked him to reconsider the decision. Brian Lara, the only batsman to score 400 runs in an innings of Test cricket, said in his Instagram post that Kohli will bat at an average above 60 for the rest of his Test career.
Brian Lara wrote,
“๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต!! ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ 60 ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ.”
Virat Kohli’s performance in the BGT series was disappointing
Kohli did not have a good time when India toured Australia for the 2024-25 Border-Gavaskar Trophy. He scored a century in the second innings of the opening Test in Perth, leading India to a 295-run win. But after that, Kohli flopped in the next eight innings and India lost the series 1-3 with defeats in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney.
Recently, Rohit Sharma also ended his 11-year Test career. Rohit’s retirement means India must choose a new captain for their upcoming England tour. In such a situation, if Kohli also retires, Team India may get into trouble on the England tour.
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